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Table 2 New Jersey Child Health Study – Descriptive statistics of the analytic sample

From: The relationship between changes in neighborhood physical environment and changes in physical activity among children: a prospective cohort study

 

N or Mean

% or SD

Sex

  

Females

229

49

Males

238

51

Race

  

Hispanic

169

36

Non-Hispanic Black

225

48

Non-Hispanic White/Other

73

16

Age (Years)

9.7

3.3

Difference in family incomea between T1 and T2 (Income to poverty line ratio)

0.4

3.3

Difference in block group total population between T1 and T2

404

452

Difference in in block group household median income between T1 and T2 ($)

-8,588

10,590

Months between T1 and T2

38

18

PA at T1 (number of days per week)

3.8

2.5

Change in PA (number of days per week) between T1 and T2

0.0

3.1

Total

467

100

  1. aFamily income was calculated as the ratio between the annual income and the federal poverty line for the year of the survey and household size